Navy should rename warship that honors Confederate victory, commission recommends
By Lara Seligman - Yesterday 5:12 PM
An independent commission is recommending the Navy scrap the name of a guided-missile cruiser that honors a Confederate battlefield victory, part of a broader effort to scrub the names of Confederate leaders from Defense Department property.
In the final installment of a three-part report, the commission that was established to rename bases that honor Confederate leaders announced on Tuesday its recommendation that the Navy rename the USS Chancellorsville, a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser, and the USNS Maury, an oceanographic survey ship.
In a briefing with reporters after the announcement, members of the commission said the Navy has renamed about 20 ships while they were in active service.
In other cases, ships have been renamed either before or after entering service.
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